Of course! U.S. Penalizes Japan's Largest Organized-Crime Group Everywhere where there are Japanese businesses in your country, you will automatically have the Yakuza. read more
For example, if you look at the many scandals of the "Marubeni" trade corporation regarding Yakuza involvement, and you know that "Marubeni" owns many building and businesses in Europe's third biggest Japanese colony in Dusseldorf Germany, then it is pretty safe to say that the "Yakuza" operates in Germany. read more
The Yamaguchi-gumi is the biggest yakuza family, accounting for 50% of all yakuza in Japan, with more than 55,000 members divided into 850 clans. Despite more than one decade of police repression, the Yamaguchi-gumi has continued to grow. read more
The yakuza are Japan’s organized crime syndicates, like the triads in other parts of Asia or the mafia in the West. Yet the operations and social roles of the yakuza are very different to other criminal organizations. read more